Now that some PlayStation Network and Qriocity services have been restored and you’re once again enjoying online gaming and entertainment, we’re happy to provide details about the “Welcome Back” appreciation program for customers in North America. We developed the program as an expression of our gratitude for your patience, support and continued loyalty during the service outage. From all of us at PlayStation, thank you and welcome back!
This package will be made available to all existing registered PlayStation Network and Qriocity users in North America (US and Canada), and will be made available shortly after we have fully restored the service. More specific details about these offers and eligibility requirements will be posted as the services go live.
All PlayStation Network customers can select two PS3 games from the following list. The games will be available for 30 days shortly after PlayStation Store is restored and can be kept forever.
- Dead Nation
- inFAMOUS
- LittleBigPlanet
- Super Stardust HD
- Wipeout HD + Fury
For PSP owners, you will be eligible to download two PSP games from the following list. The games will be available for 30 days shortly after PlayStation Store is restored and can be kept forever.
- LittleBigPlanet (PSP)
- ModNation Racers
- Pursuit Force
- Killzone Liberation
- A selection of “On Us” rental movie titles will be available to PlayStation Network customers over one weekend, where Video Service is available. Those titles will be announced soon.
- 30 days free PlayStation Plus membership for non PlayStation Plus subscribers.
- Existing PlayStation Plus subscribers will receive an additional 60 days of free subscription.
- Existing Music Unlimited Premium Trial subscription members will receive an additional 30 days of free premium subscription.
- Additional 30 days + time lost for existing members of Music Unlimited Premium/Basic subscription free of charge for existing Premium/Basic members.
- To welcome users Home, PlayStation Home will be offering 100 free virtual items. Additional free content will be released soon, including the next addition to the Home Mansion personal space, and Ooblag’s Alien Casino, an exclusive game.
We’d like to thank all of our publishing and development partners who’ve contributed to the Welcome Back program, including Bigbig Studios, Codeglue, Digital Leisure, Guerilla Games, Heavy Water, Housemarque, Lockwood, Loot, Mass Media, Media Molecule, SCE Cambridge Studios, SCE Studio Liverpool, SCE San Diego Studios, and Sucker Punch Productions. We couldn’t have created such a compelling package without them!
As a reminder, you will be able to access the above content shortly after services are fully restored. We are doing everything we can to make that happen as soon as possible. Please visit the following sites for more information about the Welcome Back program in Europe and Latin America.
Thank you again for your support!
You get 4 free games WeatherMan. 2 ps3, 2 psp.
yea i wouyld like to know that to weatherman
good job .sony now if ya’ll can only do .is get rid of the modded controllors ….
yea my psp for the win
Are u f-ing kidding me all the ps3 games there I could buy at the swapmeet for 5 bucks
I’m looking forward to the next 6000 plus complaining comments IF they actually release Firrnware Update 3.62 that ONLY adds extra security for PSN.
LOL
@DarkCloud07 go with xbox if you hate sony that much and get treated worse by microsoft that are so greedy that they make you pay for online and to have their systems break down every month.
@5875 I sure hope it’s the GOTY edition. I had it before but traded it in and regretted doing so. I’d be happy with the regular version too though.
hiiiii
How come most people in here are embracing that PlayStation is giving us a free month of THEIR services when the system was down for about a month? Not sure how many of you have some of the games that they are giving us, but I think Sony is now crap! Every update that was given was was exactly the same except worded differently. I am very disappointed in Sony and thew way they handled the situation. GOOD THING FOR OTHER GAME SYSTEMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, SUCH AS XBOX. F—-SONY!!!!
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Stop. You’re making me blush.
Soooo when will Playstation Store be back up so I can get Dead Nation and inFAMOUS?
Ehhh you could’ve given us better games. im serious couldn’t you have done better than Wipeout HD (LAME) Super Stardust HD($10 Game) Dead Nation (DEAD OPS) inFamous and LBP (Everyone has both of those). Give us like AC2, Prototype, Escalation (CoD7 Map Pack), Killzone 2, Metal Gear Solid 4, and the God of War collection. I mean i get that those are PS3 “Exclusives” but REALLY? I mean ill take em but the thing i suggested is what people would probably like better. All of the things i suggested are the same price as those too.
lol go get an xbox and stop complaining then HYPHY
SamuraiSniper is now the official blog moderator.
the only thing that sucks for non-plus subscribers is that after the 30 days free you lose all of your “free” content.Well same goes for active subscribers so with plus no one wins. LoLz
@5885
Xbox Sux
can’t wait, when is it?
some welcome back we should be able to choose our own downloads i already own majority of title. yet again not good customer service in my opinion worst part is ive been a sony consumer for a very long time from headphones to walkmans to ps1-ps3 psp psp go etc bravias all tht crap maybe i should sue like the canadian woman
Wow…if you really think about it we have given more personal info on the net than was taken from sony. That information was probably already floating around out there to begin with.
and everyone acts like just becuase you coulnt play online that the system was broke I’m glad i grew up in the days where multi player was at an arcade or at the same house with a friend or i wouldnt know what to do with out my precious black ops
I need someone to whisper sweet nothings into my ear. Also, I like how we derailed the topic, somewhat.
I want to thank you all for this honor I told myself I wasnt going to cry….
go f**** your self 5885
@5891
yea he’s pretty kool
Still no Fraud protection for Canada. Those games are crap. Would never play them. I dont Sony should pick the games. We should pick what we feel is right.
For me, those games will never be played or downloaded.
Sorry if sounded pissed, I should be.
@OrangE_KusH_SodA Sony’s let down has nothing to do with Xbox or with me going to them for entertainment. Bottom line is you and I trusted Sony to have that trust being thrown back at us like it was nothing. Just another $$ on their greedy pockets. Is Xbox more greedy than Sony?Should XBL be free like PSN? maybe, that not the point though.
thanks for clearing that up for me DeadlyD83 im excited to start getting more game on the playstation store and redeeming all the codes i have gotten over the pass 3 weeks
god ppl just complain and complain and complain and complain……………… i rest my case
@5900
yea
now that wasnt nice Josh sometimes you got to ask yourself WWSD (What Would Sony Do)
Imagine how f***ed up it would be if they gave us A Space Shooter for 2 Bucks as a free game.
LMFAO….That would be hilarious. People would be pissed
and complain and complain
I tried to access the PS store a few minutes ago but I still get the message about the undergoing maintanance, I already updated my password and changed my PS3 is running the latest software; is Sony still working on the other services such as PS Store?
Thanks!
it be better if they gave us all “A Bug’s Life” for PS1
@5885
Dude, if you hate Sony so much and this their [DELETED], get off their blog? I’m pretty sure Sony fans don’t give a [DELETED] what you have to say about Sony. So stop wasting your time. And go ahead, go pay to play on Xbox. But remember, you’ll send that Xbox in for repair more times than the number of days PSN has been down. Oh and the updates aren’t the same every time. The updates perform scans for jailbroken PS3’s. You’re clearly not and never were a Sony fan. So next time you want to run your mouth about Sony, get your facts straight. :)
yes iandiatico you would know that if you read the post
@5910
get used to it
@ SamuraiSniper…LOL
i think sony just lost even more users from this weak A** welcome back hopefully they read these comments because im disappointed. i guess ima get a wii now Xbox blows hard so ill settle for a wii at least nintendo respectable
@land
Yes. Man.
im gonna need a bigger HDD now that I am gonna have some full PS3 games to download
I bet I could make samurai cry when I put him in the famous South headlock. Make you cry for your corner prone.
I paid 600 bucks for the PS3 two months after it came out! I own the PS1,PS2,PSP! I have been a gamer all my life and this the best you can do? Really?? That’s great thanks a lot for a bunch games either everyone has or does not want? The most important thing is the networks up and running (so far) but come on?? I hope Sony does not go out of business with there generosity!
Thanks for making me feel valued…
@ 5911 really?
omg i am bored
What are they like 16GB a game?
@5915 thats why you couldnt transfer DSware titles to a new system yea real respectful of nintendo lol and your complaing about the PSN an online service and your going to nintendo where you can hardly call it that
south headlock nice!